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Daily Archives: October 13, 2017

Social media: More of the same

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In recent years social media has become the main medium for sharing opinions and information. One of its functions has become to gauge the majority opinion in a society when peaceniks and liberals were hoping that it would become a new frontier for peace and cultural exchange. Social networking has a role in perpetuating stereotypical […]


Protest held for recovery of ‘missing’ persons

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LARKANA: Relatives of the missing persons allegedly taken away by security agencies held a demonstration along with rights activists outside the local press club on Thursday. Ms Sorath Hidayat Lohar, the acting convener of the Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh, led the protesters, who took out a procession from the State Life Building in […]


Wajid Khan and his magic wand

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This low profile and yet highly experienced makeup artist has worked on the Miss Universe pageant as well as the IIFAs this year. He talks about his experiences… Talent takes you places. This well-known adage holds true in the case of Wajid Khan, who has literally travelled the ‘Universe’ with his magic wand. Not only […]


Reply sought on plea against high prices of fruits, vegetables

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought reply from the Punjab government on an application challenging the undue increase in prices of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes. Justice Shahid Karim was hearing an application moved by Judicial Activism Penal (JAP) through its chairman advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique into his already pending petition against increase […]


Rawal Lake water unfit for human consumption: PCRWR

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ISLAMABAD: A water quality cell of the government has determined that untreated water from the Rawal Lake is unfit for human consumption. Water samples from the Rawal Lake were collected by the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), a research organisation which works under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It was determined that […]


Journalist gunned down in Swabi

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SWABI: A local journalist was gunned down outside his house in Swabi town on Thursday, police and hospital sources said. Haroon Khan, a correspondent for Waqt News TV, came under fire when he stepped out of his home. He was also affiliated with Akhbar-i-Khaiber, while earlier he remained associated with the Mashriq TV. The body […]


Concerned over threats issued to media in Balochistan: APNS

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Karachi – Expressing grave concern on threats and ultimatum issued by outlawed organizations to media houses and media workers operating in Balochistan, the APNS has termed it an attack on press freedom in the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, All Pakistan Newspapers Society President Sarmad Ali and Secretary General Umer Mujib Shami said […]


Pakistan: Confusion surrounds murder of Pakistani journalist

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Confusion surrounds the murder of Haroon Khan, stringer for Mashriq TV and other media outlets in the town of Swabi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Local police and family claim that property dispute was the cause of murder, while the Taliban declared that they had killed him. Khan was fatally shot with AK47 Kalashnikov […]